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Santería: Ochun
The annual Virgin of Charity procession in Havana, 2018; in the Santería religion, Cuba's patron saint is known as Ochun (also spelled Oshun).
Santería
religion
Also known as: La Religión Lucumí
- Spanish:
- “The Way of the Saints”
- Also called:
- La Regla de Ocha (Spanish: “The Order of the Orishas”) or La Religión Lucumí (Spanish: “The Order of Lucumí”)
- Key People:
- Lydia Cabrera
- Related Topics:
- orisha
- religious movement
Santería, the most common name given to a religious tradition of African origin that was developed in Cuba and then spread throughout Latin America and the United States. Santería was brought to Cuba by the people of the Yoruban nations of West Africa, who were enslaved in great numbers in the first decades of the 19th century. The name “Santería” derives from the correspondences made by some devotees between the Yoruba deities called orishas and the saints (santos) of Roman Catholic piety. Many contemporary practitioners refer to the tradition as “the religion of the orishas” or the “Lukumi religion,” after ...(100 of 540 words)